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| The Falls of Niagara | |
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| Artist | Edward Hicks  |
| Year | c. 1825 |
| Medium | oil paint, canvas |
| Dimensions | 80 cm (31 in) × 96.5 cm (38.0 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Accession no. | 62.256.3 |
| Identifiers | The Met object ID: 11080 |
The Falls of Niagara is a c.1825 painting byEdward Hicks. It is part of the collection of theMetropolitan Museum of Art.[1]
Although Hicks had personally visitedNiagara Falls in 1819 this picture was based on a previous depiction of the Falls byHenry Schenck Tanner on an 1822 map of North America. The view is from the Canadian side and includes traditional North American images of moose, beaver, rattlesnake and eagle. On the wide border of the picture are inscribed extracts from a poem,The Foresters, by Alexander Wilson. It reads (clockwise from left):
With uproar hideous first theFalls appear
The stunning tumult thundering on the ear.
Above, below, where'er the astonished eye
Turns to behold, new opening wonders lie,
This great overwhelming work of awful Time
In all its dread magnificence sublime
Rises on our view amid a crashing roar
That bids us kneel, and Times great God adore.
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